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In the introduction to The Path to Power, Robert Caro identifies a dark thread that runs through Johnson’s life, which he defines as “a hunger for power in its most naked form, for power not to improve the lives of others, but to manipulate and dominate them, to bend them to his will.”   As George Reedy puts it, “Sex to Johnson was part of the spoils of victory.” Surprisingly, in the first four volumes of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, the definitive chronicle of LBJ’s life and career, Robert Caro says nary a word about the president’s predatory behavior.

https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/lyndon-johnson-robert-caro-affairs-misogyny.html

Madeleine Duncan Brown was a mistress of Lyndon Johnson for 21 years and had a son with him named Steven Mark Brown in 1950. Madeleine mixed with the Texas elite and had many trysts with Lyndon Johnson over the years , including one at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX, on New Year’s Eve 12/31/63.

Late in the evening of 12/31/63, just 6 weeks after the JFK assassination, Madeleine asked Lyndon Johnson:

“Lyndon, you know that a lot of people believe you had something to do with President Kennedy’s assassination.”

He shot up out of bed and began pacing and waving his arms screaming like a madman. I was scared!

“That’s bullshit, Madeleine Brown!” he yelled. “Don’t tell me you believe that crap!”

“Of course not.” I answered meekly, trying to cool his temper.

 ”It was Texas oil and those fucking renegade intelligence bastards in Washington.” [said Lyndon Johnson, the new president.] [Texas in the Morning, p. 189] [LBJ told this to Madeleine in the late night of 12/31/63 in the Driskill Hotel, Austin, TX in room #434 which is now known as the Governor's Suite and rents for $500-600/night in 2018. LBJ kept this room on retainer for business and as a place to tryst with his mistresses. LBJ and Madeleine spent New Year's Eve '63 together here.

(Another separate Room is #254 -today it is known as the “Blue Room” or “LBJ Suite” or the “Presidential room” and rents for $700-1,000/night as a Presidential suite at the Driskill; located on the Mezzanine Level.)

Madeleine Brown died on June 22, 2002.